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Post by CIOR on Aug 2, 2009 15:52:17 GMT -5
Well, I had great hopes for a Chessie GP38 project I had started well over 15 years ago. It was an Athearn shell and chassis, but I had added many details to it.
When I went on hiatus from the hobby to work on the real railroad I packed up and never saw it again.
As some know, i've not been able to go into the basement due to my health, so I go to digging into a box in the garage....
FOUND IT, but its in about 50 pieces.
So, I picked all the details off her and put it in the parts bin.
I also found an older Chesapeake & Ohio F unit shell that is now crying for my attention!!!!! Oh the humanity, the horror.
I believe we have all been there before.
Although I had to chuckle, sometimes things happen for a reason you know! This might lead me to a Atlas GP38 custom Chessie job!
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Post by riss2509 on Aug 2, 2009 18:13:37 GMT -5
Good luck! As things always go, good things always come to those who wait!!
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Post by Randy Earle on Aug 2, 2009 21:53:27 GMT -5
Been there done that.
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Post by CIOR on Aug 2, 2009 22:30:20 GMT -5
I'd never seen a conventional shell "shatter" like that, now resin on the other hand yes.
I'm wondering if the heat made it so brittle, but I've had shells like that in the same circumstance not do that.
Now, if I had a use for a high hood SD35 or GP40 in Chessie paint I would be all set. LOL
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Post by Randy Earle on Aug 2, 2009 22:35:36 GMT -5
How about a run through N&W unit?
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Post by CIOR on Aug 3, 2009 10:19:19 GMT -5
How about a run through N&W unit? Ya know in all the pictures I have either online or in my collection for the C&O Of Indiana, I've yet to see much other eastern stuff. I've got shots of Milwaukee units and a few SP's. I guess I could, I'm sure one did at some point. |
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Post by Randy Earle on Aug 3, 2009 11:25:47 GMT -5
I think they had 3 or 4 lines in Indiana with taking over NKP and Wabash.
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Post by CIOR on Aug 4, 2009 10:20:00 GMT -5
I think they had 3 or 4 lines in Indiana with taking over NKP and Wabash. Ya, both myself and RedP worked on former NKP territory that became NW. Let me think. You had Clover Leaf (Toledo-StL) NKP Chicago (Buffalo-Chicago) NKP Muncie (Fort Wayne to New Castle) ------Connersville and Rushville Branches NKP IMC (Indianapolis - Michigan City) Wabash Gary (Montpelier-Chicago) Wabash Huntingon (Detroit-Decatur) The only side note to that is the fact that the NW looked to the C&O at one point in the late 70's to move it Chicago bound traffic. They wanted to run the trains to Muncie from Cincinnati then over the C&O the remained of the trip to Chicago, and wanted to use NW crews. I've been told several reasons why this failed to happen, and ultimately the NW rebuilt the line from Muncie to Fort Wayne to handle this traffic. I also owed my railroad career to this line! It became the NS New Castle District! |
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Post by Jack Napier on Aug 4, 2009 11:31:08 GMT -5
Why not chop their noses and do them as Chessie units? I mean, canon and co. cabs would do the trick!  (Then again, I DO miss the CIOR.  ) |
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Post by CIOR on Aug 5, 2009 13:55:35 GMT -5
Why not chop their noses and do them as Chessie units? I mean, canon and co. cabs would do the trick! (Then again, I DO miss the CIOR. ) I've thought about it, but the problem here is.... The CIOR isn't DEAD!!!! Trust me, its still alive and will have a future. The nice thing on this railroad is that its also on the modern CIOR system. Soooooo.... Its the reason I'm not selling the High Hood engines off. I figure once I get the layout up and running again I'll start back into it. Building engines. |
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Post by MONONC420 on Aug 5, 2009 14:55:42 GMT -5
The real reason Matt isn't selling his high hood engines is because he knows that I want them! Christian |
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Post by CIOR on Aug 5, 2009 17:26:58 GMT -5
The real reason Matt isn't selling his high hood engines is because he knows that I want them! Christian LOL, I think the box says "Say no to black smack!" (referencing the NS black dip they would get...haha) |
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Post by Jack Napier on Aug 5, 2009 19:54:06 GMT -5
It's nice to hear that you won't convert the CIOR units into Chessie locomotives. |
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Post by CIOR on Aug 5, 2009 20:47:33 GMT -5
It's nice to hear that you won't convert the CIOR units into Chessie locomotives. The line I model is in the modern CIOR system, so as some know I've got a plan down. As soon as I'm done with the addition of Chessie era stuff (which I am minus a few GP15T's then I will start adding in F units and GP7/9's in C&O paint and then start adding in that 50-60's era freight stuff. I will also continue to add to my current modern era collection to make it work! I figured this way I can have all the best of the worlds and do what I want. I can get 3 feels out of one layout! Initially I planned on getting rid of the modern stuff, but have backed off that idea as time moves on. However some of my Conrail stuff has already found homes at friends.... A certain above forum member is getting a couple of them...LOL (just not those high hoods....sorry people, inside joke!) |
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